Friday, August 20, 2010

The Singing and Praying Church That We All Love

This is my final post for this day. I was just over at Pray Tell and, like Father Anthony, I too am sitting at a desk pondering the happenings of the day and the past few years leading up to today.

I do need to spend time with the changed texts, which I will do in the coming days.

As you know, I am here in Atlanta readying for workshops on the new translation, which will happen tomorrow. We just finished dinner with the wonderful people from the Archdiocesan Office of Worship, and the conversation was lively. These kinds of experiences shape us in ways for which we can never fully prepare.

One of Father Anthony's final lines of his post tonight bears repeating here. Father, I hope you don't mind me quoting you:

"Remember, everyone: we all love the Church, we all love the liturgy, we all want the best for the People of God."

And with that, know of my own fervent prayer this night for this big Church of ours.

About Me and the Blog

Dr. Jerry Galipeau is Vice President and Chief Publishing Officer at J. S. Paluch Company and its music and liturgy division, World Library Publications, located in Franklin Park, Illinois.
Jerry presents keynotes and workshops throughout the United States and Canada on the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, liturgical spirituality, ritual music, evangelization, and adult spiritual formation. He earned the Doctor of Ministry with a concentration in liturgical studies from Catholic Theological Union at Chicago in 1999.
Gotta Sing Gotta Pray is Jerry's blog in which he shares reflections on current events in the Church and in the world that may be of particular interest to those serving the Church.